Conversations at Casa López – Part 5

Carlos: [singing] Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, happy all the day…Tracy: That’s not how it goes.

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Carlos: He stirred the soup, right?Older son: What?Tracy: He means stirred the pot.

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Tracy: Hey, I just thought of something. How do you say wrinkle in Spanish?Carlos: Arruga.Tracy: That’s what I thought. Do you think they called caterpillars the same name because they’re wrinkly?Carlos: What?

Hahaha! I love these bilingual moments! That arruga/oruga mix-up is totally understandable. I need to start writing down our funny bilingual exchanges. But, here’s one from Nick’s English class earlier this week that reminded me of your bilingual mix-ups when he shared it with me.

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